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... that at the start of his college football career, Atonio Mafi weighed 411 pounds, wore a jersey sized XXXXL, had 40% body fat and had a favorite meal consisting of over 3,200 calories? Source: LA Times ("...the UCLA offensive lineman remembering how he once strained the scale at 411 pounds, stretching the fabric of his XXXXL jersey on a frame measuring 6 feet 2 ... Every bite he took, his mind thanked him. His body didn’t. His favorite fast-food meal consisting of five beef patties with cheese plus a double order of fries and a shake added up to 3,240 calories and 177 grams of fat, according to nutritional information ... His all-time recorded high of 411 pounds came the first time he stepped on the scale inside the Wasserman Football Center before fall training camp in 2018. Oh, dang, he thought ... When Mafi crammed into the device resembling a giant egg that players call the “bod pod,” it revealed another disturbing number — 40% body fat. He was issued an oversized bed and pants to accommodate his size-50 waist...")
QPQ: - Not done Overall: @BeanieFan11: Good article. Needs qpq. Though, does this hook portray the BLP in too much of a negative light? I feel like i'll need someone to weigh their opinion on that. Onegreatjoke (talk) 19:03, 4 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe remove the body fat part: ALT1 ... that at the start of his college football career, Atonio Mafi weighed 411 pounds, wore a jersey sized XXXXL and had a favorite meal consisting of over 3,200 calories? BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:07, 4 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@BeanieFan11 and Onegreatjoke: I think I'd object on somewhat similar grounds to this discussion, particularly as it pertains to a BLP – it's somewhat negative to have a hook about someone's weight in any case (it does feel pretty objectifying), and said hook being about a black college football player only compounds that negativity. Is there another hook to be found? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 21:38, 5 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
In my view it doesn't really seem objectifying - but if you think its an issue what about a hook focusing on the fact that his favorite meal was 3,200 calories? BeanieFan11 (talk) 21:48, 5 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- one problem.
- Not done
@BeanieFan11: Good article. Needs qpq. Though, does this hook portray the BLP in too much of a negative light? I feel like i'll need someone to weigh their opinion on that. Onegreatjoke (talk) 19:03, 4 May 2023 (UTC)
Approve. Onegreatjoke (talk) 19:29, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
I think I'd object on somewhat similar grounds to this discussion, particularly as it pertains to a BLP – it's somewhat negative to have a hook about someone's weight in any case (it does feel pretty objectifying), and said hook being about a black college football player only compounds that negativity. Is there another hook to be found? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 21:38, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
